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## Crimea


* ![wathos-greece-russian-president-yuri-kozyrev](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6e424d161f364b9/6988a477cf40a8e392c44ab0/wathos-greece-russian-president-yuri-kozyrev.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 2, 2016  
## [Exclusive: Putin Aide Defied Sanctions to visit Greece](https://time.com/4476005/vladislav-surkov-putin-athos-greece-sanctions/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster
* ![Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian at the Kremlin in Moscow on Aug. 10, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbab2e73bdb70978b/6988a202cd1bbab240701ec4/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-flareup.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 11, 2016  
## [This Is Why Vladimir Putin Is Accusing Ukraine of Terrorism](https://time.com/4448219/vladimir-putin-ukraine-terrorism/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster
* ![Russian military vehicles are parked in Tverskaya street before moving towards Red Square for a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in central Moscow](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta55c716098d27abb/698891f82dce01812e9e8efa/rtx2c3ar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 5, 2016  
## [Russia Plans to Deploy More Troops to Counter NATO](https://time.com/4318941/russia-nato-military-divisions-retaliation/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Viacheslav Buinovsky, 41, walks toward a close friend as he takes some of his first steps using a prosthetic leg at Ortotech Service, a prosthetics workshop in Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 10, 2015. Buinovsky worked as a mechanic in Sumy Oblast prior to the Eurom](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta22c3f010efe65ab/69887f94ab6d770cfa6a8a17/joseph-sywenkyj-ukraine-war-injured-14.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 2, 2016  
## [Ukraine’s Injured War Veterans and the Price of Independence](https://time.com/4239775/ukraine-war-injured-veterans/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster
* ![Oleg Sentsov](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e0f021ce0a7bcae/698860d8f887dce1d2e920d6/ap_779154553414.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 26, 2015  
## [Russia Jails Ukrainian Filmmaker for 20 Years](https://time.com/4010879/russia-oleg-sentsov-gamer-ukrainian-filmmaker/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joanna Plucinska  
* ![Round table discussion marks 1st anniversary of reunification of Crimea with Russia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dbd3ffada16be90/69878490cd1bba490a6f5ca9/dmitri-kiselyov.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 20, 2015  
## [Putin’s Confessions on Crimea Expose Kremlin Media](https://time.com/3752827/putin-media-kremlin-crimea-ukraine/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster
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Mar 17, 2015  
## [Putin Puts Russia's Northern Fleet on ‘Full Alert’](https://time.com/3747239/russia-nato-military-exercises-navy/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by David Stout
* ![RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CRISIS-CRIMEA-DOCUMENTARY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09d372899014c9c3/698783a98e0601ab7f45ac94/homeward-bound.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 16, 2015  
## [Putin Admits to Weighing Nuclear Option in Crimea](https://time.com/3745522/vladimir-putin-russia-nukes-crimea-ukraine/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by David Stout
* ![petrol-pump-closeup](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07152afdc23a0be4/69877beb35ba6f9ad6c06ba1/ab23584-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 29, 2015  
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[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Andrew Topf / Oilprice.com
* ![Chancellor Angela Merkel in the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Nov. 26, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf46807eaaf0d5efd/69876b32524fc014eddeaffc/angela-merkel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 26, 2014  
## [Merkel Says Russia’s Actions Are Unjustifiable](https://time.com/3607192/merkel-germany-ukraine-russia-unjustifiable/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff  
* ![Only a few nights to his departure, Amir hangs out with his friend in a park late at night and smokes a joint to relax. Tehran, Iran.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77e84242b40edd73/6987e9715f570f44f4b18f2a/forlightbox.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 16, 2014  
## [Photojournalism Daily: Oct. 16, 2014](https://time.com/3812444/6-must-see-photo-essays-2/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mikko Takkunen
* ![Yegor watches as Bogdan teaches Timur to swim at their home in Sevastopol.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd4480d8dee8f304/69876051f887dcdbc0e87746/same-sex-couple-crime-ukraine-20.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 15, 2014  
## [Crimea's Gay Community Flees Russian Bigotry](https://time.com/3482205/crimea-gay-community-flees-russian-homophobia/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster
* ![RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CRISIS-ESTONIA-ENTERTAINMENT-CULTURE-FILM-MUSIC-L](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a7d596df4d091c9/6986a02eadae446d2354499b/steven-seagal-putin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2014  
## [Hollywood Stars Say Thanks But No Thanks to Russia](https://time.com/3145102/putin-hollywood-friends/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster
* ![Russian President Vladimir Putin](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57d3ac44391045fc/69869c52f983e71e6d04ee36/russian-president-vladimir-putin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 18, 2014  
## [Putin's Approval Rating Reaches Record High in Russia](https://time.com/3005439/putin-approval-ratings/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Abby Abrams
* ![An armed pro-Russian separatist stands at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt979b3fcc7d7530dc/69869c2be8524b0fc0603ef1/malaysia-airlines-ukraine-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 17, 2014  
## [U.S. Warned Of Unsafe Airspace Over Crimea, But Not Where MH17 Crashed](https://time.com/3001874/ukraine-crash-faa-crimea-airspace/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Zeke J Miller

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